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Celebrating a belated Lunar New Year holiday, students and faculty came together for two culturally rich nights of Chinese traditions, food, and entertainment. The Chinese department hosted a dinner with student performances while the Asian Student Association held a dinner and film screening.
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Hamilton’s Model United Nations team competed in the annual North American Model United Nations (NAMUN) conference from Feb. 22 to Feb. 25, in Toronto.
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Nearly 100 students, faculty, and staff gathered for a public rally in light of the recent shooting at Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Led by the college’s Black and Latinx Student Union (BLSU), the rally was held as a way to remember the victims and foster conversation about Parkland.
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The Community Outreach & Cooperative Project (COOP) hires senior fellows each year to help run volunteer projects both in the Hamilton community and in the greater Utica area.
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Take 35 active middle schoolers, add in 15 Hamilton students, put them in a gym with game, crafts, and pizza and a healthy dose of competition, and you have the popular Hangin’ with Hamilton.
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Hamilton’s Model United Nations team participated in the annual Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN) conference from Feb. 15 to Feb. 18, in Boston. Over 300 schools, including more than 60 from abroad, competed along with Hamilton.
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The past two weeks have presented a flurry of activities for the Outing Club. On Feb. 3 a group of eight embarked from the Glen House setting course toward Blue Mountain. Blue Mountain boasts a fire tower at its 3,750-ft. summit, one of many in the Adirondacks.
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Research shows that girls drop out of sports at rates six times higher than boys, according to Youth Sports Psychology. A program at Hamilton College is attempting to fight this statistic. Strong Girls is an after-school program for girls in third to fifth grade to empower them through athletics. It was brought to Hamilton by Katherine Kreider ’18, whose high school basketball coach originally created the program and its curriculum to motivate and inspire girls to engage in athletics. Kreider and Eleni Neyland ’18 started the club their sophomore year and are the co-presidents.
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Hamilton College’s Black and Latinx Student Union (BLSU) joined over 700 participants from other colleges and universities at the 23rd Annual Black Solidarity Conference, held at Yale University from Feb. 8 to 11.
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